Brand reference
Michael Harding
104 Michael Harding paints measured in CIE L*a*b*, across oil.
Official site: michaelharding.co.uk
Paint lines
Michael Harding groups its paints into ranges that differ in price, consistency and pigment load.
Artists Oil Colours
104 paints
Lightfastness
How well the colour resists fading. ASTM I is the most permanent; V is fugitive.
I
103 paints
II
1 paint
Opacity
How much the paint covers what is underneath.
Opaque
39 paints
Semi-Transparent
32 paints
Transparent
32 paints
Semi-Opaque
1 paint
Pigments
51 distinct pigment codes across these paints. The most widely used are shown below; 43 more are used less often.
PBr7
10 paints
PB29
7 paints
PY37
6 paints
PR101
6 paints
PY42
5 paints
PW6
5 paints
PG36
5 paints
PBk9
5 paints
Colours compared across brands
Each page sets this colour side by side with every brand that makes it, measured in CIE L*a*b*.
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Cadmium Orange
- Cadmium Red Deep
- Cadmium Red Light
- Cadmium Yellow Deep
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cerulean Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Green
- Indian Red
- Indian Yellow
- Ivory Black
- Lamp Black
- Lemon Yellow
- Mars Black
- Naples Yellow
- Olive Green
- Payne's Grey
- Permanent Green Deep
- Permanent Green Light
- Prussian Blue
- Pyrrole Red
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Quinacridone Red
- Quinacridone Violet
- Raw Sienna
- Raw Umber
- Sap Green
- Transparent Orange
- Ultramarine Blue
- Ultramarine Violet
- Venetian Red
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
- Zinc White
